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and the writing of Scandinavian from dictations should be continued. The 

 grammar work should include a careful review of the ground covered in 

 the first year, with drill upon all irregular verbs that are not very rare, 

 the uses of the subjunctive, and a more detailed study of the syntax. 

 There should be constant practice in the construction of sentences. Stu- 

 dents should be required to give either orally or in writing abstracts of por- 

 tions of the texts read. 



English 



The three units required in English include the following subjects, and 

 should provide the training indicated below: 

 1. ENGWSH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, \y z units. 



The following books, recommended by the Joint Conference on Uni- 

 form Entrance Requirements in English, have been accepted by practically 

 all the colleges in the United States, and are the basis for the requirements 

 in literature for admission to this college. 



COLLEGE ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS IN ENGUSII FOR 1915-1919 

 A. READING 



With a view to large freedom of choice, the books provided for reading are ar- 

 ranged in the following groups^ from each of which at least two selections * are to be 

 made, except as otherwise provided under Group I. 



I. CLASSICS IN TRANSLATION. The Old Testament, comprising at least 

 the chief narrative episodes in Genesis, E.vodus, Jo'shua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, and 

 Darnel, together with the books of Ruth and Esther. The Odyssey, with the omission, 

 if desired, of Books I, II, III, IV, V, XV, XVI, XVII. The Iliad, with the omission, 

 if Desired, of Books XI, XIII, XIV, XV, XVII, XXI. The Aeneid. _ (The Odyssey, 

 Iliad, and Aeneid should be read in English translations of recognized literary ex- 

 cellence.) 



For any selection from the above group a selection from any other group may be 

 substituted. 



II. SHAKESPEARE- Midsummer Night's Dream. Mercliant of Venice. As 

 You Like It. Twelfth Night. The Tempest. Romeo and Juliet. King John. Rich- 

 ard II. Richard III. Henry V. Coriolanus. Julius- Caesar. 2 Macbeth 2 Hamlet. 2 



III. PROSE FICTION. Malory: Morte d' Arthur (about 100 pages). Bunyan: 

 Pilgrim's Progress, Part I. Swift: Gulliver's Travels (voyages to I/illiput and to 

 Brobdingnag). Defoe: Robinson Crusoe, Part I. Goldsmith: Vicar of Wakefield. 

 Frances Burney: Evelina. Scott's novels: any one. Jane Austen's novels: any one. 

 Maria Edgeworth: Castle Rackrent or The Absentee. Dickens's novels: any one. 

 Thackeray's novels: any one. George Eliot's novels: any one. Mrs. Gaskell: Cran- 

 ford. Kingsley: Westward Ho! or Hereward, the Wake. Reade: The Cloister and 

 the Hearth. Blackmore: Lorna Doon>e. Hughes: Tom Brown's School Days. Steven- 

 son: Treasure Island, Kidnapped, or Master of Ballantrae. Cooper's novels: any one. 

 Poe: Selected Tales. Hawthorne: The House of Seven Gables, Twice Told Tales, or 

 Mosses from an Old Manse. A collection of Short Stories by various standard writers. 



IV. ESSAYS, BIOGRAPHY, etc. Addison and Steele: Tlte Sir Roger de Cover- 

 ley Papers or Selections from The Taller and The Spectator (about 20'0 pages). Bos- 

 well: Selections from the Life of Johnson (about 200 pages). Franklin: Autobiog- 

 raphy. Irving: Selections from the Sketch Book (about 200 pages), or Life of Gold- 

 smith. Southey: Life of Nelson. Lamb: Selections from the Essays of Elia (about 

 100 pages). Lockhart: Selections from the Life of Scott (about 200 pages). Thack- 

 eray: Lectures on Swift, Addison, and Steele in The English Humourists. Macaulay: 

 any one of the following essays: Lord Cttve; Warren Hastings; Milton; Addison; 

 Goldsmith; Frederick the Great; Madame' d'Arblay. Trevelyan: Selections from the 

 Life of Macaulay (about 200 pages). Ruskin: Sesame and Lilies or Selections (about 

 ISO pages). Dana: Two Years before the Mast. Lincoln: Selections, including at 

 least the two Inaugurals, the Speeches in Independence Hall and at Gettysburg, the 

 Last Public Address, the Letter to Horace Greeley, together with a brief memoir or 

 estimate of Lincoln. Parkman: The Oregotil Trail. Thoreau: Walden. Lowell: 

 Selected Essays (about 150 pages). Holmes: The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. 

 Stevenson: An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey. Huxley: Autobiography 

 and selections from Lay Sermons, including the addresses on Improving Natural 



1 Each selection is set off by periods. 



2 If not chosen for study. 



